@LawrenceGerald @J @cowanon @KingOfWhiteAmerica @Turkleton Sorry for the unqualified iterjection but reading through my mentions makes me feel like reading through one of my 90s fantasy books where wizards, magicians, witches and necromancers were constantly beefing on who the strongest spells had, and what the others did wrong... I can't talk on orthodoxy, but in general debates like that are basically non existant in germany. when they happen, usually and american is involved. To us religion is a private matter, and how it is practiced, is the responsibility of the practitioner. We very much think living your life in a way that you imagine would please god is worship, and prayer is for the practitioner, to ease the consciousness and ask for help and protection for friends and family. The ritual prayers are losing their importance more and more.
It's weird, and from my perspective it seems like the approach towards religion and practice is almost antithetical